About Us

"This semester I had the pleasure of studying community engagement with Professor Lake Douglas. His lessons encouraged me to inform my designs with a variety of information: GIS layers, site observations, interview comments and observation sketches. I enjoyed mixing hand and computer-generated graphics... and generally appreciated the opportunity to document a part of New Orleans history and culture."--Chadd Hippensteel, MLA '19

Student Designers

JOSHUA BLACK

TAYLOR FEHMEL

PHILLIP FERNBERG

PEIHONG HAN

CHADD HIPPENSTEEL

SURABHI JAIN

XIAOMAN JI

KADE JONES

GURKIRAT KAUR

sOPHIE LOTT

YUTA MASAKANE

MAI NGUYEN

MURONG XU

YUE ZHANG

YONGQIN ZHAO

Faculty

lake douglas

Lake Douglas, PhD, ASLA, is a professor of landscape architecture and associate dean of research and development at the LSU College of Art & Design. He received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU, a Master in Landscape Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a PhD in Urban Studies/Urban History from the University of New Orleans. His current research involves documenting cultural landscapes of the Gulf South through investigations of public spaces, domestic gardens, people, and written evidence. Douglas is actively involved in grassroots efforts to enhance and increase public open space in New Orleans. A licensed landscape architect, Douglas has published numerous articles; books and book chapters; critical essays; and reviews in national and international anthologies, professional journals, and popular publications, receiving regional and national awards. He most recently co-authored the book Buildings of New Orleans (2018) with Karen Kingsley of Tulane University.

Partners

LSU LA 7041 URBAN SYSTEMS STUDIO | SPRING 2018

LSU LA 7041 URBAN SYSTEMS STUDIO

LSU College of Art + Design: Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture

The Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture has an established international reputation as one of America’s leading and consistently top-ranked programs. The school offers programs leading to the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and the Master of Landscape Architecture. For more than 70 years, the program has produced landscape architects who practice all over the world and participate in the full spectrum of the discipline.

Second year graduate students in the MLA1 program spend the spring semester studying urban issues related to the contemporary practice of landscape architecture, based on the premise of the city as a system of numerous overlapping and intersecting systems, both natural and human-made; and therefore an effective strategy for dealing with such complex issues is rooted in understanding relevant components of these systems and devising metrics that will inform design initiatives.